Photos: Minnesota Left’s political tolerance
posted at 5:35 pm on October 2, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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Tonight, as we prepare for our Debate Party tonight at Trocadero’s, one of the listeners for our radio station AM 1280 The Patriot has to prepare for some hard work cleaning his work van and personal car. He made the mistake of thinking that he could have a bumper sticker showing his support of the station without thugs vandalizing his vehicles. At least he remains in high spirits, as he e-mailed the station with the subject heading, “The Power of a Patriot Bumper Sticker”:
I thought you might find these photos interesting. I’ve attached photos of the way I found my van this morning. Evidently, leaving a car parked on the street with Patriot and McCain bumper stickers is intolerable to Obama supporters. They didn’t remove the sticker from my wife’s Volvo, though. However, it appears that someone in my neighborhood didn’t like it. Luckily, they didn’t use permanent spray paint, just some really annoying stuff that was hard to wash off.
I’ll look forward to the debate this evening.
They took their time in vandalizing the panel van:
They also take the time to spread the love for Al Franken, too:
And they came prepared. They brought both black and white paint:
Now, what kind of people would put this much energy into defacing other people’s property simply because they had Patriot and McCain bumper stickers on one of the cars? Usually, the same kind of people who screech constantly about “tolerance” and the closed-mindedness of Republicans. Fraters Libertas has more.
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Dammit!
maverick muse on October 2, 2008 at 5:38 PM
Wait until January.
Fairness Doctrine, hate-speech on anything anti-O’Bama.
Will make this look like a walk in the park.
Starlink on October 2, 2008 at 5:38 PM
But it happens on both sides…but funny how it never is captured on film…
right2bright on October 2, 2008 at 5:39 PM
That’s why I keep a Louisville Slugger nearby…
D2Boston on October 2, 2008 at 5:39 PM
Criminal tolerance.
Hope the BCA dusts for fingerprints.
Amendment X on October 2, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Send the pictures to the RNC:
“Middle 20% of the Country, With Whom Do You Want to Spend the Next Four Years?”
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Liberals are petulant children and can’t be trusted at the helm of the country. This is more of the same type of antics they engage in everywhere: on campus, on the streets, in the halls of Congress, et al. They protest, agitate, block, barricade, kick and scream when they don’t get their way. I’d love to see a 527 ad comparing them to children. There’s plenty of footage to prove it.
DerKrieger on October 2, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Fingerprints?????
TheHat on October 2, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Isn’t that a shoe polish stick that folks use to cheer on their favorite sports teams in their windows?
ballz2wallz on October 2, 2008 at 5:42 PM
WOW!
Ed let us know if these a-wipes get caught!
This si the reasons I won’t put anything on my car or in my window.
upinak on October 2, 2008 at 5:43 PM
Needless to say this would be national news if it were Obama supporters who were abused.
RobCon on October 2, 2008 at 5:43 PM
I hate to say it, but I don’t put conservative stickers on my car here in Seattle. It’s too risky for the safety of my property.
gmoonster on October 2, 2008 at 5:44 PM
I’ve got a Nobama, No Socialism sticker AND a Defeat Jihad sticker on my car. Fortunately I live in AR and not a Liberal bastion of insanity
DerKrieger on October 2, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Keeping my s&w close by, very close by
Robyn S on October 2, 2008 at 5:45 PM
If they get this freaked out over a bumper sticker …
Riots around the country if the Messiah loses… : (
gmoonster on October 2, 2008 at 5:45 PM
That ain’t nothin’. Wait until the tires get slashed and the cars get torched via 2004.
Fletch54 on October 2, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Release the hounds.
Patrick S on October 2, 2008 at 5:46 PM
/cahnnels Joe Pesci
Awwww come on…
Dey were just misunderstood youts…
Uhhh… practicin der Freedom of Speech!
Romeo13 on October 2, 2008 at 5:46 PM
OOO, you made me thirsty. Time to pop a cork this evening!
moonbat fever does not have a cure BTW.
Kevin in Washington State on October 2, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Well we had this discussion in another blog.
But someone is lighting Obama signs on fire. I don’t agree with anyone doing anything to stuff people pay for. Someone in my neighborhood (just a couple houses down) has one that is pretty crispy.
But the other day, someone, probably a kid, threw so many eggs at a older lady with a McCain Palin sticker on her car, that you could see the paint looking very odd. her car is now two tone.
It is getting bad up here. As it is in MN.
upinak on October 2, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Ever since I put McCain stickers on my car, I’ve kept my blinds open. No privacy, but it has kept the yutes away so far.
I still get flicked off, stared at, and had obscenities yelled at me though. My next door neighbor on the right told my new neighbor on the left side that she thinks I might be racist, so they should try to avoid me – like I can’t hear a conversation being held over my driveway with no tv on. Who knew a bumpersticker would invoke such random idiocy?
Anna on October 2, 2008 at 5:47 PM
I was at the store the other day and saw a homemade ObamaMoma sign (exactly how it was spelled) with his picture on the side window, I made sure I took my time leaving so my McCain/Palin sticker was very visible to them.
Robyn S on October 2, 2008 at 5:48 PM
This is nothing compared to what will happen the night of Nov. 4 as VA goes red, NC goes red, FL goes red, Missiouri goes red, Colorado goes red…
SouthernGent on October 2, 2008 at 5:48 PM
I’m sure you can find this tactic somewhere in Saul Alinsky’s book.
Apparently the tactic is working.
Brass Pair on October 2, 2008 at 5:48 PM
Disgusting.
MarcusBrody on October 2, 2008 at 5:48 PM
This is horrible. I bought 3 McCain/Palin stickers but haven’t put any on my car, because I’m afraid of people like this. They’re mentally unbalanced.
jimmy the notable on October 2, 2008 at 5:49 PM
When Bush came to the White House, the Clinton staff left porno peppered in the office and office supplies. Bush told his staff to let it go. Giving the lawless slack is not a sign of being civilized or compassion. This sort of thing needs to be called, published and prosecuted.
If the office staff at the White can rationalize leaving some really nasty porno for the new staff to discover, the averages of escalation will continue to grow.
Hening on October 2, 2008 at 5:50 PM
We wont put stickers on our car either for that exact reason. We are trying to find a magnet so we can take it off when we aren’t driving.
sammypants on October 2, 2008 at 5:50 PM
Pinheads.
I’ve been flipped off over my NRA member sticker on my SUV in Seattle, but after moving to Texas and Oklahoma, nope.
Imagine that.
tru2tx on October 2, 2008 at 5:50 PM
There’s a short series of statements dealing with the intolerance of a ruling goup combined with the acquiescence of “reasonable people.”
It goes something like this: “They came for such-and-such group, and I said nothing. Then, they came for such-and-such group, and I said nothing. Then, they came for such-and-such group, and I said nothing. And, then, they came for me…and there was no one left to say something for me.”
I find this vandalism the most disturbing thing I’ve seen yet. I don’t give a rat’s ass what McCain thinks, this is an election about the soul of this country. He can continue to sugarcoat Obama all he wants, but I still think he’s a scary guy.
If anyone can direct me to the short set of lines, please post a link. I think it has application here because this shouldn’t happen here.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 5:51 PM
O/T: A federal judge has denied the DNC’s request for the dismissal of a lawsuit by Phillip J. Berg to seek an injunction against the continuation of Obama’s candidacy. The judge has ordered Obama to hand over a certified copy of his original, long birth certificate, a certified copy of his Certificate of Citizenship, and a certified copy of his Oath of Allegiance within 3 days.
amerpundit on October 2, 2008 at 5:52 PM
What I did was go to Wal-MArt and bought a couple bumper sticker magnets, stuck my Nobama sticker to it and then trimmed the excess magnet. Works like a charm.
DerKrieger on October 2, 2008 at 5:52 PM
I’m amazed they spelled PRESIDENT correctly.
Texas Rainmaker on October 2, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Liberals have the same tolerance that Hitler had for Jewish people.
These buffoons stole the McCain sign from my front lawn and damage my wife car. The Police told me is nothing they can do about it.
pukara61 on October 2, 2008 at 5:52 PM
I like OK
DerKrieger on October 2, 2008 at 5:53 PM
the Obama Youth…can you imagine how bad it is going to be if “He” is elected…this adulation is really scary.
d1carter on October 2, 2008 at 5:53 PM
I have NEVER put any stickers on any of my car. Do you know what it is like to get a sticker off your bumper or winddow at -20? I doubt you do…
Also about 24 yrs ago, a house up here was BURNED DOWN because of some one who had a grudge against the other person and who he was supporting. It was never in the National News.
I wonder why I don’t do it. It has NOTHING to Alinsky.. idiot!
upinak on October 2, 2008 at 5:53 PM
That’s why I keep a Desert Eagle nearby…
MDaws on October 2, 2008 at 5:53 PM
If Virginia goes red this election, I’ll be gobsmacked – and frankly, quite relieved.
My HOA doesn’t allow yard signs, but I’m thinking of putting something in the bay window in front – maybe some elephant lights or something (can’t put a McCain/Palin sign up, nothing political, even on the house). Yes, I’m playing with fire, and yeah, I’m a little scared… but I don’t want to be.
Anna on October 2, 2008 at 5:53 PM
Awww, lighten up. That’s not vandalism, it’s just graffiti and graffiti is art, and if you disagree you’re a racist.
Buy Danish on October 2, 2008 at 5:54 PM
BFW – Big, Fat, Whoopdeedoo.
trailboss on October 2, 2008 at 5:54 PM
False flag.
philnewkirk on October 2, 2008 at 5:54 PM
The blueshirt volunteers have a job to stamp out intolerant rightwing hate wherever they see it. It’s just that they’re a bit overexcited now for their leader’s big chance to inherit a national emergency. Once he’s elected though, as part of the official Obama Civilian Defense Force they will be tightly controlled by Barack. No worries then.
econavenger on October 2, 2008 at 5:55 PM
Oh, transmit to Hannity, Rush, Ingraham, et al. Now.
BuckeyeSam on October 2, 2008 at 5:55 PM
This is why I have a collection of unused political bumper stickers in my dresser drawer. It’s not because I didn’t want them on my car. I just didn’t want my poor car molested by ruffians.
RBMN on October 2, 2008 at 5:56 PM
OT-
The judge has ordered Obama to hand over a certified copy of his original, long birth certificate, a certified copy of his Certificate of Citizenship, and a certified copy of his Oath of Allegiance within 3 days.
Very interesting… But he was born in Hawaii though, wasn’t he?
gmoonster on October 2, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Some enterprising Obamaniac will vandalize his own car to make it look like McCain voters retaliated. Of course I don’t believe the Conservative mind works that way but try telling that to a Lib.
DerKrieger on October 2, 2008 at 5:56 PM
My two stickers (a McCain/Palin one and a Navy Vet for McCain) are taped to the inside of my back window. Can’t be peeled off by vandals, but I can easily remove.
I did used to put stickers on my old Jeep, but I drove her into the ground. My nice bought brand-new car is treated better.
Anna on October 2, 2008 at 5:57 PM
I’m a bit freaked about the obsession over Obama. Wearing blue shirts to show support for him, using internet mobs to silence radio critics, altering encyclopedia entries to reflect their views, damaging the property of those who dissent from his views, etc..
amerpundit on October 2, 2008 at 5:58 PM
On the racism issue:
Ask those stupid Dems who bring that up, how could racist Republicans have given 900,000 votes to Alan Keyes,as they did in Illinois, who is MORE black than Obama is? What racist would do that?
originalpechanga on October 2, 2008 at 5:58 PM
Yep. Even more interesting? The judge presiding over the case is a Clinton appointee. As is the lawyer seeking the injunction.
amerpundit on October 2, 2008 at 5:59 PM
We wonder what violence awaits when Obama loses. But what if he wins? That will be taken as a mandate to treat anyone with conservative leanings as inferior and subject to censorship, violence and property destruction. Bring on the Obama Youth Division of the Civilian Security Corps. NAZIs for short.
Spectreman on October 2, 2008 at 5:59 PM
Hmm weird. Comment didn’t show.
WD 40 gets stickers off, road grease off and sometimes paint off.
upinak on October 2, 2008 at 6:00 PM
I had my Ford van’s window busted out because I had the temerity to put a W ‘04 sticker on it.
My liberal sister said I had it coming… then laughed as if it was just a joke, but she meant it.
silverfox on October 2, 2008 at 6:00 PM
Update from Ace on that judge order thing:
This is what I get for using Ace like the AP.
amerpundit on October 2, 2008 at 6:00 PM
It looks like more than one person did it and most likely one of them was a female. Look at the hearts.
I’m in the SF bay area and I confess this is the reason why I’m afraid to put a McCain/Palin bumper sticker on my car. Last night my husband, driving on the highway heading home home from work, saw a McCain bumper sticker. It was all scratched up like it had been keyed.
artchick on October 2, 2008 at 6:00 PM
You heard it here first folks… and the whole time the media will be telling us it’s our own darn fault for being so racist.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 2, 2008 at 6:02 PM
I love WD-40. It’s what holds the Navy together, along with duct tape. : )
Anna on October 2, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Arm yourself for protection.
rplat on October 2, 2008 at 6:02 PM
OMG you can’t make this stuff up. Posted this a couple of hours ago.
Actually, I only have one request for my liberal Democrat(ic) brethren. Please only vote once and make sure you’re alive. Two, I have two requests for my liberal Democrat(ic) brethren. Only vote once, be alive and don’t slash the tires of the Republican poll workers vehicles…
Three, I have three request for…
hawkdriver on October 2, 2008 at 1:27 PM
hawkdriver on October 2, 2008 at 6:02 PM
Yeah – bring ‘em on…. the south WILL rise again.
We’re ready.
tru2tx on October 2, 2008 at 6:03 PM
I look at the way these cars were trashed and wonder if this listener is just someone trying to get attention. The cars are not that trashed and it seems kinda odd that some random person (or group of kids or even Obama supporters) is going to plot this out and make sure they have the right number of signs, signs for Franken as well. Most of the lawn sign pullings and vandalism are spur of the moment crimes.
This looks staged.
grdred944 on October 2, 2008 at 6:03 PM
My knee-jerk reaction was “Wow, your sister’s a jerk”, but then again the mental disorder of Liberalism is certainly devastating.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 2, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Against a bunch of overheated kids using washable markers and tape. Might be a bit of an over-reaction.
trailboss on October 2, 2008 at 6:04 PM
An Obama supporters house was vandalized here in Sacramento and it has been on the news all week. We do not need to act like the juvenile asshats on the left. In fact it would not surprise me if that homeowner had done it himself to make it look bad for McCain/Palin, thats how the lekt thinks.
goat on October 2, 2008 at 6:05 PM
Imagine how bold they would be if we didn’t have guns. It’s important that these liberal disease bags get reminded of that once in a while.
Buddahpundit on October 2, 2008 at 6:06 PM
I am afraid to put up a McCain Palin yard sign. That said, and slightly off topic, can anyone explain to me why the ‘pollsters’ have changed their weightings? Would this be why the messiah has suddenly floated to the heavens? Thanks!
red131 on October 2, 2008 at 6:07 PM
In a related topic, here’s a tourism warning:
The Upper West Side of Manhattan which is a scary place to visit if you’re not a member of the Obamaton tribe.
Buy Danish on October 2, 2008 at 6:07 PM
I just showed my 11 year old boy the shots of the van above, and we did a search on Google under “conservatives vandalize cars” and came out with zero hits.
But, “liberals vandalize cars” had 34,700 hits.
A great lesson learned today by my son.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on October 2, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Yeah, just learn to tolerate all of this stuff, because hey, you should…tolerate it.
hawkdriver on October 2, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Keep an eye on YouTube. I bet these vandals are just too proud of themselves to keep a lid on it.
Side note: A few days ago at George Fox University in Newberg (outside Portland) there was an uproar about a cardboard cutout of Obama being displayed by hanging it with fishing line. It also said “Act 6 Reject” (Act 6 is like affirm. action.) The univ and the newsies freaked out about “Obama hung in effigy! Obama cutout lynched!” It wasn’t exactly a highbrow display, but no people and no property were harmed, and the fishing line didn’t even have a provocative “noose” in it. Many diapers wet over it, yet actual property damage is met with ho-hum.
innominatus on October 2, 2008 at 6:10 PM
I understand your reasoning. In the dark, how do you know what they have? It might be mace, pepper spray, etc. It’s your private property that is being defaced. Why take a chance.
PappaMac on October 2, 2008 at 6:13 PM
grdred944,
Just before the Kerry/Bush election, a neighbor’s windshield had a brick thrown through it, presumably because of the “Bush” bumper sticker. That was probably staged too, right?
Me, I don’t care what your reason is; I’ll shoot if I see anybody trying to victimize my family or property. Maybe salt rocks instead of lead, but basically I carry a big stick.
These lefties–read: most democrats–are basically overgrown spoiled children who never had their attitudes fixed. (Thanks a lot, Baby Boomers!) I’ll gladly smack a kid that gets out of hand, but when it comes to adults, I’m going straight for my stick.
freedom_nut on October 2, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Not ‘tolerating’ anything, just trying to inject a teeny tiny amount of perspective into this ridiculous post. I did far worse to my friends in high school, and to their parents, just to tease them a little.
Perspective. Reaction appropriate to the threat. Don’t start a war over words.
trailboss on October 2, 2008 at 6:13 PM
Wow…. I know we’re not “supposed” to talk about it here… but I was wondering when this would come up again.
Theres a lot of issues involving Passports as well (what he used to get to, and in, Indonesia, and to get back here).
Romeo13 on October 2, 2008 at 6:13 PM
I’m sure Obama approved that message.
This is as close to Orwell’s future as America has come yet.
I fear for the Constitution.
petunia on October 2, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Words mean things.
ManlyRash on October 2, 2008 at 6:16 PM
I’ve removed Chakra Hammer’s comments on this thread (along with one by Hening I deleted by mistake — sorry), but let me make something plain. We do not endorse the views of our commenters, even when they issue foolish little demands like “if you don’t take them down, you endorse them”. People should think before they comment, and that’s not our responsibility.
Ed Morrissey on October 2, 2008 at 6:17 PM
Speaking of “ridiculous posts” -
You don’t understand the difference between a practical joke between friends, and vandalizing the private property of complete strangers whose political ideas you disagree with?
Buy Danish on October 2, 2008 at 6:18 PM
Just like approaching the president and wetting him with a Super Soaker, right? Just a harmless prank. Doesn’t really mean anything. Right?
ManlyRash on October 2, 2008 at 6:18 PM
I’ll defend my family and myself with a weapon, not the paint job on my automobile.
If I were confronting these schmucks, yes I might be armed for self defence, but self defence only. I take very seriously the adage that you display your weapon only if you intend to use it.
trailboss on October 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Hmm, you don’t believe in the sactity of personal property.
Question Trail. Hypothetical. You catch said fatherless rodents late at night doing said vandalism to your two vehicles. You say stop. They say pound sand and keep working. Will you just call the authorites and hope they get there before they finish and nab the little rascals?
hawkdriver on October 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM
It’s all here.
HondaV65 on October 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Are you saying they did it to themselves to frame the lefties? Man, if your serious then you fruitcakes just can’t get enough conspiracy theories going…what a joke!
Liberty or Death on October 2, 2008 at 6:20 PM
Yes they do, but should never mean war.
trailboss on October 2, 2008 at 6:21 PM
If Obama is elected, these people are going to try to force conservatism underground. We’re gonna need a secret handshake or something.
Gunhaver on October 2, 2008 at 6:21 PM
“sanctity” and NM I see your answer to PapaaMac. Fair enough.
hawkdriver on October 2, 2008 at 6:21 PM
had my McCain-Palin sticker ripped off twice and had my car keyed in San Diego
Posted my complaints on my page on facebook, all my freakin liberal friends said I got what i deserved.
Defector01 on October 2, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Thank you for the warning. My husband and I were planning a trip to NYC this fall, and after seeing that, there is no way I want to go there. Maybe next year after the riots are over.
Jeez.
tru2tx on October 2, 2008 at 6:22 PM
What’s with all this vandalism? Counting my blessings here, big time. I have McCain stickers on both cars, and a yard sign. Some of my neighbors have 2, or even 4 McCain-Palin yard signs! But there’re a lot of Obama signs in yards, too. My crazy godmother around the corner sports the neighborhood’s lone Ron Paul sign, and there’s a wonderful pink Palin sign down the street from her.
I’m sure every now and then a sign gets kiped by the kids, but overall, everyone expresses their politics here without fear.
God bless Texas, or at least my little part of it.
juliesa on October 2, 2008 at 6:22 PM
I understand it perfectly well, dear Sister. What I don’t understand is the red-faced outrage such relatively harmless vandalism evokes. If it were real paint, if they had damaged the vehicles, if it were permanent, I might think a bit differently. Perspective. It’s all I ask.
trailboss on October 2, 2008 at 6:24 PM
Happens on both sides? Really? I’ve never seen anything approaching that level of destruction on the “other” side. I honestly have not.
The other day a woman called in to a local radio show, talking about how her McCain sign was pulled from her front yard and spread with dog feces (she doesn’t have a dog; apparently the vandals had a B.Y.O. policy). Her husband cleaned it up and hung it from the house, since the stakes had been stolen.
The next morning, it was apparent that someone had tried to light the sign on fire, but it would not ignite. Dog feces was spread on the front of their house, the windows, etc.
The vandals put up an Obama sign in their yard. I found it interesting that they had one on hand.
There was more to the story, but I can’t remember specifics – except that they purchased security cameras and put up a homemade sign.
This supports my own experience in this area; it is heavily liberal, and you would have to expect your property to be vandalized if you express support for someone other than a Democrat in a high-profile race. You would simply expect it.
A fair number of Democrats are all about silencing dissenting political speech…including Obama himself.
Oh, and the woman I talked about? She said that if McCain could put up with the Hanoi Hilton, the least she could do in support of him was to keep the sign up. Pretty inspiring, I think.
capitalist piglet on October 2, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I beg to differ! I see cars with Bush, and now McCain stickers being the MOST vandalized!! The left have the most criminals on their side as the coddle them.
grapeknutz on October 2, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I think it would be rare for a conservative to do this. It is against our strongly held principles.
TheSitRep on October 2, 2008 at 6:25 PM
I forgot to mention the house down the street that has a McCain sign right next to an Obama sign in the yard. During the primaries, they had a Hillary-Huckabee combo.
juliesa on October 2, 2008 at 6:25 PM
Don’t put words and meaning into my mouth, flyboy. I respect the right of personal property, but I respect the sanctity of human life far more.
trailboss on October 2, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Texas always has been superior that way.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on October 2, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Who’s talking about war. I’m talking about protecting my private property. I work my ass off for the things I have. I’m not going to let some little or big jerk-off get away with defacing my property.
PappaMac on October 2, 2008 at 6:26 PM
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